“Rafael Nadal’s Forced Break: Why the Tennis Star May Retire Soon”

For many, and with arguments to spare, Rafael Nadal Parera is considered the best Spanish athlete in the history of our country. With him we have experienced Olympic gold medals, more than twenty Grand Slams, Masters 1000 everywhere, impossible comebacks and a huge amount of joy for Spanish sport. The Manacorí tennis player has represented and known how to sell the Spain brand throughout the continent with elegance, education, principles and values.

All this seems that we will soon start to miss him, at least on the track, due to his statements making clear that he will more than likely withdraw next year. The last time we saw the Spaniard compete in the official championship was in mid-January at the Australian Open, where he fell 3-0 against McDonald in the second round. The injury he suffered, grade 2 in the iliac psoas of his left leg, was going to keep him away from the slopes for between 6 and 8 weeks. The tennis player’s discomfort and problems did not improve as expected and his loss became indefinite. More than four months later and at a press conference, the Spaniard has made it clear that he does not intend to set a return date and that he will return when he feels physically and mentally ready.

Forced break. Many times we have seen the Spanish tennis player compete with pain and he himself affirm in a press conference that he has suffered to finish certain matches in recent years. This time it seems that it will not be like that. Despite the fact that the suffering, on some occasions, has been worth it, the Spaniard has reached the point of making the decision to stop everything and put a stop to a situation that was becoming more and more complicated. When there are these types of problems that have an impact over time, sometimes the problem lies not only in physical health, but also in mental health.

Absence at Roland Garros. This year the player Rafa will not meet his statue at Roland Garros. The Parisian land in which he debuted in 2005 and of which he holds 14 titles there, will not see his highest representative this year. It will be the first time in 18 years that we will not be enjoying Rafa in the French arena.

Both Rafael Nadal himself and the tennis world believe that one of the most meteoric careers that has occurred in racket sports cannot end like this. The desire of the Manacorí is to try to recover as well as possible to be able to compete again at the highest level, although Rafa himself has stated that he is aware that it is very difficult to compete again at the heights he was used to before. The problem is that the rest of us are not aware that from now on we can begin to witness the last moments of Don Rafael Nadal Parera on a tennis court. @mundiario